Brookings is paid off.
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The Top 10 Think Tanks by Amount Received from U.S. Government and Defense Contractors
RAND Corporation $1,029,100,000
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) $8,956,000
Atlantic Council $8,697,000
New America Foundation $7,283,828
German Marshall Fund of the United States $6,599,999
CSIS $5,040,000
Council on Foreign Relations $2,590,000
Brookings Institution $2,485,000
Heritage Foundation $1,375,000
Stimson Center $1,343,753